Dhaka Mirror

NEW YORK, Apr 17: Asia may see more conflicts over scarce water resources in the coming years as climate change and population growth threaten access to the most basic natural resource, a report warned on Friday, reports Reuters. Water problems in Asia are already severe, with one in five people, or 700 million, not having ... Read more

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh is developing a health care network for the poor in his country that will operate at low cost using mobile phone technology. Yunus is working with U.S. medical experts to help Bangladeshi villagers transmit their medical information to doctors in far-away cities for better treatment. Muhammad Yunus ... Read more

Eight years into the Ramna Batamul blast, a Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against 14 operatives of outlawed Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan in two cases filed in connection with the incident. Metropolitan Sessions Judge ANM Bashir Ullah rejected the discharge petitions submitted by the counsels for ... Read more

Ashraful warns upazila chairs LGRD and cooperatives minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday warned the upazila chairmen and vice-chairmen, who were protesting against the new upazila parishad law, that the parliament members had the authority to revoke the law anytime and dissolve the local bodies. He urged the aggrieved chairmen and vice-chairmen to have patience ... Read more

State Minister for Law Adv Qamrul Islam yesterday said opposition leader Khaleda Zia would receive notice within next week to vacate her cantonment house at 6 Mainul Road inside Dhaka cantonment. “Process of serving notice by the cantonment board began and she would receive it within next week,” he told reporters at the Law Ministry. ... Read more

The cabinet on Thursday approved a draft bill which proposed amendments to the Information and Communications Technology Act making provisions to curb cyber crimes and to reach ICT services to people of all walks of life. ‘It is an update on the Information and Communica-tion Technology Act 2006 which incorporated provisions to fight cyber crimes,’ ... Read more

Wants more changes in RPO The Election Commission (EC) will initiate steps for further amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO), and will hold dialogue with the political parties in this regard, an election commissioner said yesterday. “We will invite registered political parties to the talks at appropriate time,” Election Commissioner Brig Gen ... Read more

Wrong info in Diary 2009 draw flaks Notice served against 4 top bureaucrats Does Bangladesh has any Chief Justice? Perhaps no-at least the official Dairy 2009 suggests so. Is there any Constitutional post like Chief Justice Bangladesh Supreme Court? Perhaps there is, as the dairy says. Who is Janab AMM Ruhul Amin holding the so-called ... Read more

Export-oriented industries to get Tk 2,500-3,000cr in cash subsidy, says minister The government may allocate Tk 2,500-3,000 crore cash subsidy to affected export-oriented industries in the recession package it is going to announce next week to tackle the fallout of global meltdown. “Only the affected exporters will be given bailout assistance from the package, and ... Read more

Upazila parishad chairmen, vice-chairmen on Wednesday threatened a tough movement, including declaring personae non gratae lawmakers on upazila parishad premises if the sweeping authority of the lawmakers over upazila parishads in constituencies are not scrapped. They demanded amendment to the Upazila Parishad (Reintroduction of the Repealed Act and Amendment) Act, passed by the parliament on ... Read more

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has warned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men of stern actions for creating unrest in educational institutions. She has also warned top BCL leaders of a possible ‘five-year jail’ if the warning goes unheeded. The PM made the warning as a team of top BCL leaders led by its President Mahmud ... Read more

Former Awami League lawmaker Joynal Hazari was sent to jail after his surrender in a Feni court on Wednesday. Hazari reached at the court at about 11:00am to seek bail in six cases. A number of his supporters assembled on the court premises before his arrival and shouted slogans. He obtained bail in five cases, ... Read more

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam and its equivalent Alim and Business Management (BM) examinations begin today amid strict security. A total of 6,18,308 candidates are appearing for the exams under 10 education boards. The exams will be held in 1,919 centres this year, including five abroad and under Dhaka, Rajshahi, Comilla, Jessore, Chittagong, Barisal, Sylhet, ... Read more

Indians begin voting in epic elections Millions of Indians are due to vote in the first round of the country’s 15th general elections on Thursday. Voters in 124 constituencies will be taking part in Thursday’s vote. There are four other phases between then and the last phase on 13 May. More than 700 million Indians ... Read more